Spike Mendelsohn’s steak frites joint (313 Pennsylvania Ave. SE) is serving up hot toddys ($5) as well as bowls of French onion soup au gratin partnered with a glass of wine ($10) for those who need something warm in their bellies. And everyone can enjoy all-day happy hour ($2 off any beer, glass or wine or specialty cocktail).

Bullfeathers

The Capitol Hill watering hole (410 First St. SE) is rolling out frosty beers ($3 Bud Light, Shock Top and Bullfeathers Amber Ale) and winter warmers ($5 bloody marys, hot toddys and Irish coffee) for those willing to brave the elements. Drafts of Breckenridge Vanilla Porter are also on special for $5 today.

The home delivery service is breaking into D.C. today, and CEO Bastian Lehmann told HOH they’ve already got 400 local restaurants plugged into the Web-enabled search engine. “If that place allows takeout, we will get it for you,” he explained of the company’s raison d’etre.

The service, which relies on dedicated “postmates” who take each individual order and then deliver it (for a fee) within one hour, appears to differ from other online ordering sites in that every restaurant is automatically included — unless, of course, they absolutely refuse to fulfill carryout orders.

(Courtesy Postmates)

According to Bastian, every order from a vendor not already included in the Postmates database adds that location into the mix, building a bigger pool of potential delivery sites via each meal retrieved.

The service is available to iPhone users now. A Droid-friendly version remains a work in progress.

Washington City Paper’s Bacon & Bourbon Festival

Fear not, ye who already signed on to swig bourbon and polish off epic amounts of swine tonight at the LongView Gallery (1234 Ninth St. NW). The City Paper’s inaugural bacon and bourbon fest will proceed as planned.

To wit, a City Paper pal noted that ticket sales ($49 general admission, $75 for VIP) have actually picked up in the past few hours.